Convergence

Convergence has changed traditional broadcast journalism as much as it has changed print media. In fact, American media companies continue to take solid steps forward by merging diverse media outlets such as newspapers, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting with online journalism (Huang, et al., 2006). Successful journalists must be a jack of all trades in order to succeed in the competitive world of broadcast journalism. The days of merely standing in front of a camera operator with…

“The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy and “Titanic” by David R. Slavitt, although written in different time periods, both discuss the tragic event of the Titanic, the gigantic ship that sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 (History). The two poems similarly portray the great wealth of the ship and its short-lived nature, through the use of irony, and diction. Ultimately through social influences while using contrasting forms, use of words and tone in narrating this event, both…

The update about revenue recognition is a result of the ongoing convergence between FASB and IASB. Both accounting bodies have different rules and guidelines on how to report revenue. Under each body, there are different standards for various kinds of revenue. The FASB has topic 605 (Revenue Recognition). The IASB has IAS 18 (Revenue) and IAS 11 (Construction Contracts). The result was absence of uniformity in revenue recognition method across industries and geographical locations. The update…

The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective is a well-written book by the author, Gabriel Said Reynold. Reynold explains the story of Islam in this book from the very beginning of Muhammad’s early life. The first chapter of the book is Muhammad in Mecca which are then divided into several subchapters and sub-subchapters which are Monotheism and Paganism in Muhammad’s Arabia (Muhammad and the Monk, The Pagan City of Mecca and the War of the Elephant), Muhammad’s Early…

Mobile Phones From the first mobile phones that only offered an hour phone call time to the latest mobile phones with internet access and various applications, mobile phones have developed over the past decades. Beginning as substantial, thick gadgets Phones were able to transmit and receive voicemails over short distances. They then developed into lighter adaptable appliances allowing communications over long distances. How and why has the technology emerged or developed over time? In the…

in News. I want to discuss information media does and then does not have a social responsibility in regards to the news, as well as a role of the information and news media in the shaping of political opinions, and how electronic media and their convergence transformed journalism and news consumption. Social Responsibility To an extent, I believe the information media needs social responsibility. I loved how Elizabeth Cochrane, a young reporter from 1887, went undercover as a patient at the…

to why individuals accentuate and understate the social variations between themselves and others, both verbally and nonverbally in various situations. The theory accommodates 2 different forms of interaction between individuals; ‘convergence’ and ‘divergence’. Convergence refers to the process in which people adjust their speech to conform to the individuals they are interacting with, whereas divergence contradicts this. This method of adaptation exposes the social and nonverbal differences…

countries are moving toward convergence and adopting IFRS, approximately 120 countries have already gone through adopting the international standards. The U.S. has already gone through a plethora of initiatives in order to get closer toward convergence. Joint projects conducted with the IASB, short-term convergence project, FASB monitoring of IASB projects, and Convergence Projects are just a few examples of the progress and the measures the U.S. have taken in the name of convergence. As time…

which comes along with a great amount of power. For example, if someone chooses to follow a series on ABC, they are not only supporting ABC, but Disney as well. Some other notable conglomerates are Comcast, Time Warner, and NewsCorp. Economic convergence is important because it makes it more convenient to maintain companies when they are all under mass media companies, rather than several individual ones that may disappoint their consumers as they may not have enough money to carry out their…

2. Diffusion Theories and the Blurred Definition of Convergence on Education Privatization Studies of policy diffusion are grounded on the perspective that domestic policy decisions are affected by foreign choices. This influence, in turn, produces policy convergence (Braun 2006; Drori, Meyer, and Hwang 2006; Dobbin, Simmons, and Garrett 2007). Despite this common view, the mechanisms by which these approaches explain diffusion are quite different. Some theorists argue that since countries…